Alzheimer's Assignment

Alzheimer’s Assignment

1) Hypothesize the ways in which damage to various parts of the brain might affect a person’s behavior and abilities.
Answer: If you have an accident for instance and you damage your head you might have altered sleep habits all the way to coma.
Frontal lobe- you might have problem solving difficulties for instance.
Parietal lobe- might cause eye hand coordination problems
Occipital lobe- might cause defects in vision
Temporal lobe- might have problems hearing
Brain stem- might affect levels of alertness
Cerebellum- might affect your ability to coordinate fine movements

a) What specific damage does Alzheimer’s disease cause to the brain and its neuron’s?
Answer: It form plaques one called beta-amyloid